COVID-19 and Working Lives in the UK: Inequalities of Gender and Class
Join us for the launch of the findings of three new research projects on the impact of Covid-19 on working lives.
Open Letter
The WBG calls for the Government to #MakeWomenVisible by creating strong structures to engage with the women's and wider equalities sector.
Women and girls are being left behind by the UK Government’s approach to lifting lockdown. The UK Government is prioritising reopening shops, pubs, hairdressers and cinemas – while childcare and care infrastructure receives little attention. For many parents, a lack of childcare means they cannot return to work. Plans to open primary schools in England before the summer holiday were dropped, and nurseries and care homes are struggling financially and in need of a bailout. Women still do the majority of unpaid care, and early data shows that mothers in opposite-sex couples were 50% more likely to have been fired, quit or furloughed than fathers during lockdown. This situation is likely to be even worse for single parents, 90% of whom are women.
Women’s Budget Group along with other organisations working in the women’s sector are calling for the Government to #MakeWomenVisible though working to create strong structures to engage with the women’s and wider equalities sector.
Join us for the launch of the findings of three new research projects on the impact of Covid-19 on working lives.
A joint call for immediate action from the UK government to support women and girls during the Coronavirus outbreak.
This briefing promotes progressive and inclusive tax system reforms and seeks to challenge the view of tax as a burden.
WBG analysed the data released by the Office for National Statistics on parenting in lockdown during Coronavirus & the effects on work-life balance.